Author Archives: Elyse M. Nielsen



Elyse M. Nielsen

I Will Pray
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I Will Pray

Pray for those who grieve. Pray for those who celebrate. Pray for the world, our community, and our church. Pray for your family. Pray for yourself! God always wants to hear from you. Prayer flexes...

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October 21, 2022
Salt & Light
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Salt & Light

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled...

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October 14, 2022
How Tight is Your Grip?
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How Tight is Your Grip?

 â€œBe still and know that I am God” – Psalm 46:10 The command “be still” comes from the Hebrew phrase rapha, which means let go of your grip. Every Fall the trees teach us how beautiful...

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October 07, 2022
Being Present
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Being Present

BLESSING IN THE STORMI cannot claim to still the storm that has seized you,cannot calm the waves that wash through your soul,that break against your fierce and aching heart.But I will wade into these waters,will stand with you in this storm,will say peace...

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September 30, 2022
Changing Seasons
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Changing Seasons

As seasons change up north, we in South Florida receive the birds who are escaping the cold. Eventually, there will be less humidity and slightly cooler temperatures, too. In the seasons of our lives where...

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September 23, 2022
Perspective
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Perspective

On Wednesday, I led Chapel services for our preschool students ages 2-4. Sixty-four little ones were packed into the seats in the front section of Rudy Chapel. I taught My God is So Great with hand motions,...

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September 09, 2022
Rest and Renewal
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Rest and Renewal

There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter...

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September 02, 2022
God's Beauty
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God’s Beauty

God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 What is beauty? Most of us...

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August 26, 2022
Cast Your Anxiety on Him
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Cast Your Anxiety on Him

“Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you” 1 Peter 5:6-7 Most of the time dreams are just dreams. Dreams are our brains interpreting our feelings in a general sense, reflecting on something...

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August 19, 2022
A New School Year
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A New School Year

Pray without ceasing.  1 Thessalonians 5;17 ESV As students, teachers, staff, and families prepare for the start of the school year, the normal excitement and nervous energy mounts. I encourage you to join in prayer with and for...

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August 12, 2022